Legislation deregulating the framework labour law was definitively adopted by Argentine Parliament on Friday 27 February. The CGT, the country's primary trade union federation, filed legal challenges on Monday 2 March, contesting the text on unconstitutional grounds.
The “modernisation” labour reform was officially passed on 27 February following a Senate vote on amendments made during the parliamentary process (42 in favour, 28 against, 2 abstentions). The executive-sponsored text had previously cleared the Senate on 12 February and the lower house on 20 February. Notably, the lower house removed Article 44 from the original bill, which concerned sick leave.
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Flora Genoux
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